Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds
1846
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Ile de Philoé is a 1846 watercolor by Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds, a Orientalism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolor shows a desert scene with tall, crumbling stone ruins in the background. Two people in simple clothing stand near broken blocks and scattered debris, one holding a stick. The ruins have carvings on their walls and columns, with a pale sky and soft clouds above. The artist added small details like the person’s red cap and the way light hits the stones. This painting was made by someone who traveled to Egypt and recorded what he saw. Next, look up Linant de Bellefonds, Louis Maurice Adolphe (Bey and Pasha) to see more of his work.
A watercolour drawing by Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds from 1846, the work depicts the island of Philae in Upper Egypt. Linant accompanied the Duc de Montpensier on a journey to the region in 1845. The piece was later sold at Sotheby’s in June 1967 before entering a private collection associated with the Duc de Montpensier.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds better known as Linant Pasha was an explorer of Egypt and, as the chief engineer of Egypt's public works, 1831–1869, an influential engineer of the Suez Canal.
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